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Ahmadinejad’s Iran and Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda

On 08.18.10, In Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, Posted By Crethi Plethi

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad infuriated Americans last week when he claimed that America had exaggerated the death toll from al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001 attacks… Continue reading

McChrystal and the Near-Disastrous Situation With the American Leadership

On 06.23.10, In Afghanistan, The Media, United States of America, War on Terrorism, Posted By Crethi Plethi

There are two ways of looking at General Stanley McChrystal’s interviews with Rolling Stone magazine: one is to focus on whether he should have said such things, the other is to analyze the important truths he unveiled. Here, I’m going to look at… Continue reading

The Obama Administration’s Middle East Disaster

On 05.18.10, In Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The Middle East, The Russian Federation, Turkey, United States of America, Posted By Crethi Plethi

Here are nine huge problems going on right now that are not being addressed by the U.S. government and are barely comprehended by the U.S. debate and large portions of the mass media… Continue reading

“Pakistan Knows Where Osama Bin Laden Is”

On 05.12.10, In Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Global Jihad, Pakistan, Taliban, United States of America, War on Terrorism, Posted By Crethi Plethi

Every week or so, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reminds us that the wrong Democrat was elected president in 2008. In these cases, she gets… Continue reading

Funding Terrorism: Sources and Methods

On 05.10.10, In Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Global Jihad, Miscellaneous, Taliban, United States of America, War on Terrorism, Posted By Crethi Plethi

Rachel Ehrenfeld recently wrote an article about the financing of Islamic Terrorism and Jihad with Drug Money by the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Drug money is funding the Taliban’s increasingly numerous and bolder attacks in Afghanistan. Yet, the United States has… Continue reading

What if the Taliban Wins the War on Terror?

On 03.01.10, In Afghanistan, Global Islam, Global Jihad, Islamism, Islamofascism, Taliban, War on Terrorism, Posted By Crethi Plethi

What will happen with the Afghan people and the rest of the world when facing a strong and revived Taliban with it’s backward islam and hate against western values and zionist presence in Israel… Continue reading

De Dubbele Moraal Tegen Israel

On 02.21.10, In Afghanistan, Israel, Nederlands, Posted By Crethi Plethi

Deze Islamitisch-Linkse opstelling laat de PVDA ook zien in de kwestie Israël en de Palestijnen. Onlangs las ik een interessant artikel van Professor Barry Rubin over de dubbele moraal die de wereld laat zien als het gaat om burgerslachtoffers… Continue reading

The World’s Double Standard against Israel

On 02.15.10, In Afghanistan, AntiSemitism, English, European Union, Israel, United States of America, Posted By Crethi Plethi

Yesterday, I read an interesting article from Barry Rubin about the double standard the world is showing against Israel. It reminded me of a discussion I had with a dutch (socialist) parliamentarian, Martijn van Dam, a while ago… Continue reading

What about the good things from the Afghan Taliban?

On 12.16.09, In Afghanistan, Taliban, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Posted By Crethi Plethi

We’re getting used to it by now, the bizarre inability to recognize evil, the cultural relativism that excuses real political and war crimes, and the lack of faith by Westerners in their own civilization and religion. Yet each strange juxtapositions never fail to shock those who still remember the way things are supposed to be, and must be if the forces of dictatorship and repression are going to be beaten… Continue reading

Taliban, Image War and Iconoclasm

On 12.01.09, In Afghanistan, Taliban, Posted By Crethi Plethi

When the Taliban destroyed the ancient, massive Buddhist rock-wall sculptures a few months ago, a number of Muslims sent around petitions urging the world to see how dangerous the Taliban were. These monuments had survived the Mongols and other invaders, and had coexisted with centuries of Islamic civilization… Continue reading

Women in Afghanistan

On 11.11.09, In Afghanistan, Posted By Crethi Plethi

It’s politically incorrect to blame the Islam for the way many Muslim men treat their women. It’s politically incorrect to expose the Islam as a violent, discriminating and abusive religion towards women and children…

Book: "The Prime Ministers" - by Yehuda Avner

"...a must read for anyone seeking to understand Israel." --Dore Gold, Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN

--Click the image to order the book-- Publication Date: Sept. 1, 2010 - ISBN 978 159 264 278 6 - Hardcover - 715 pages - tobypress

THE PRIME MINISTERS, written by Yehuda Avner, is the first and only insider account of Israeli politics from the founding of the Jewish State to the near-present day.

THE PRIME MINISTERS reveals stunning details of life-and-death decision-making, top-secret military operations and high level peace negotiations.

THE PRIME MINISTERS brings readers into the orbits of world figures, including Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Written in a captivating literary style by a political advisor, speechwriter and diplomat, THE PRIME MINISTERS is an enthralling political memoir, and a precisely crafted prism through which to view current Middle East affairs.